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Blood, 15 December 2006, Vol. 108, No. 13, pp. 4118-4125. Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on August 10, 2006; DOI 10.1182/blood-2006-03-006700. This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) All Versions of this Article: blood-2006-03-006700v1 108/13/4118    most recent Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Rights and Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Chiesa, M. D. Articles by Vitale, M. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Chiesa, M. D. Articles by Vitale, M. Related Collections Immunobiology Neoplasia Signal Transduction Gene Expression Social Bookmarking                   What's this?  Previous Article  |  Table of Contents  |  Next Article  IMMUNOBIOLOGY The tryptophan catabolite L-kynurenine inhibits the surface expression of NKp46- and NKG2D-activating receptors and regulates NK-cell function Mariella Della Chiesa, Simona Carlomagno, Guido Frumento, Mirna Balsamo, Claudia Cantoni, Romana Conte, Lorenzo Moretta, Alessandro Moretta, and Massimo Vitale From the DIMES (Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale), Università di Genova, Genova, Italy; IST (Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro), Genova, Italy; Istituto Giannina Gaslini Genova-Quarto, Genova, Italy; and Centro di Eccellenza per la Ricerca Biomedica Genova, Genova, Italy. Tryptophan (Trp) catabolism mediated by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) plays a central role in the regulation of T-cell–mediated immune responses. In this study, we also demonstrate that natural killer (NK)–cell function can be influenced by IDO. Indeed, L-kynurenine, a Trp-derived catabolite resulting from IDO activity, was found to prevent the cytokine-mediated up-regulation of the expression and function of specific triggering receptors responsible for the induction of NK-cell–mediated killing. The effect of L-kynurenine appears to be restricted to NKp46 and NKG2D, while it does not affect other surface receptors such as NKp30 or CD16. As a consequence, L-kynurenine–treated NK cells display impaired ability to kill target cells recognized via NKp46 and NKG2D. Instead, they maintain the ability to kill targets, such as dendritic cells (DCs), that are mainly recognized via the NKp30 receptor. The effect of L-kynurenine, which is effective at both the transcriptional and the protein level, can be reverted, since NK cells were found to recover their functional competence after washing. CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this? This article has been cited by other articles: B. Le Maux Chansac, D. Misse, C. Richon, I. Vergnon, M. Kubin, J.-C. Soria, A. Moretta, S. Chouaib, and F. Mami-Chouaib Potentiation of NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity in human lung adenocarcinoma: role of NKG2D-dependent pathway Int. Immunol., July 1, 2008; 20(7): 801 - 810. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] K. Ino, E. Yamamoto, K. Shibata, H. Kajiyama, N. Yoshida, M. Terauchi, A. Nawa, T. Nagasaka, O. Takikawa, and F. Kikkawa Inverse Correlation between Tumoral Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Expression and Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Endometrial Cancer: Its Association with Disease Progression and Survival Clin. Cancer Res., April 15, 2008; 14(8): 2310 - 2317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] G. M. Spaggiari, A. Capobianco, H. Abdelrazik, F. Becchetti, M. C. Mingari, and L. Moretta Mesenchymal stem cells inhibit natural killer-cell proliferation, cytotoxicity, and cytokine production: role of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase and prostaglandin E2 Blood, February 1, 2008; 111(3): 1327 - 1333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] J. Li, A. Meinhardt, M.-E. Roehrich, D. Golshayan, J. Dudler, M. Pagnotta, M. Trucco, and G. Vassalli Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase gene transfer prolongs cardiac allograft survival Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, December 1, 2007; 293(6): H3415 - H3423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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